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Campaigns of napoleon by david chandler, 9780025236608. As a young man he served briefly in the army, reaching the rank of captain, and in later life he taught at the royal military academy sandhurst. The campaigns of napoleon and other books on the napoleonic era. David geoffrey chandler 15 january 1934 10 october 2004 was a british historian whose study focused on the napoleonic era. The campaigns of napoleon is an exhaustive analysis and critique of napoleons art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. David chandlers campaigns of napoleon is a classic. A vast number of books have been written about napoleon.
It is only to be regretted that the style is not more graceful and less the product of academia, perhaps inevitable in a work of such exhaustive scholarship. Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex an evershifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing. He explains the system of warfare pioneered by the general and future emperor. Bust of napoleon, the grand curtius, liege, be the andrew roberts bio is excellent. He covers the entire arc of napoleons career and delves deeply into all the major battles. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. The dust jacket is torn at the spine and has chips and. That designation goes to a military history and atlas of the napoleonic wars by brigadier general esposito and colonel elting which came out two years prior to chandlers work.
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